Rajkot West Assembly constituency explained

Rajkot West
Mla:Dr. Darshita Shah
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
State:Gujarat
District:Rajkot
Loksabha Cons:Rajkot
Established:2008
Reservation:None
Electors:[1]
Type:SLA

Rajkot West is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India.[2] [3] It is part of Rajkot district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation. Prior to that some areas under it were called 'Rajkot II' seat. Its current MLA was Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments[4]

  1. Rajkot Taluka (Part) – Rajkot Municipal Corporation (Part) Ward No. – 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

ElectionMemberImageParty
1967M. P. Jadeja
1972Pradummansinh Jadeja
1975Arvindbhai Maniyar
1980Manibhai Ranpara
1985
1990
1995
1998
February 2002 ^ [5] [6] Narendra Modi (by-poll)
2002
2007
2012Vajubhai Vala (Appointed Governor in 2014) Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 ^ Vijay Rupani (by-poll after Vala was appointed Governor;
      Rupani became CM in 2016)
2017
2022Darshita Shah[7]

Election results

2022

2017

2014 Bypoll

2007

  • Vajubhai Vala M BJP 48215
  • Nathwani Kashmira Bakulbhai F INC 38359

1998 Vidhan Sabha

  • Vajubhai Roodabhai Vala (BJP) : 43,034 votes [8]
  • Kashmeeraben Bakulbhai Nathvanee F AIRJP : 14316

1990 Vidhan Sabha

  • Vajubhai Vala (BJP) : 31,864 votes
  • Sudhir Joshi M INC : 16388

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022 . Election Commission of India . 18 April 2023.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140125011107/http://ceo.gujarat.gov.in/download/PCAC.pdf . Parliament / Assembly constituency wise PS & Electors Detail - Draft Roll - 2014 . 25 January 2014 . 1 June 2021. dead.
  3. Web site: Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent . 12 December 2006 . Election Commission of India . Delimitation Commission of India . 2–31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf . 5 March 2016 . dead . 12 February 2017 .
  4. Web site: Gujarat: Order No. 33: Table-A: Assembly constituency and Their Extent. 12 December 2006. Election Commission of India. Delimitation Commission of India. 2–31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305015941/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Gujarat/gujarat.pdf. 5 March 2016. 12 February 2017.
  5. News: Rajkot II by-elections: Narendra Modi pushes his own image as a rising star of BJP. India Today. While the focus is on the assembly elections in four states, the real drama seems to be in a quintet of by-elections in which everyone from a former prime minister, a current chief minister and a super chief minister are contesting.. February 25, 2002. indiatoday.in/magazine. Uday Mahurkar. June 7, 2020.
  6. News: BYE-ELECTIONS - FEBRUARY, 2002. Election Commission of India. Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Assembly Constituency - 18- Rajkot II. eci.gov.in. June 7, 2020.
  7. Web site: Gujarat General Legislative Election 2022 . Election Commission of India . 11 July 2021.
  8. Web site: Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 1998 .

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